Just Label It News Roundup 8-24

The Monsanto plaintiff is dying of cancer from carcinogenic Roundup, says his 289 million dollar verdict not in vain. Also, following the news of the cancer case, two North Bay cities are no longer using Roundup weed killer following a ruling against the manufacturer Monsanto. GMO grass continues to creep across our parks without regulation. Scotts Miracle-Gro, one of the biggest companies in lawn care, developed a strain of creeping bentgrass that is genetically modified to be resistant to Roundup. Monsanto’s dicamba drift crisis continues to be a problem across the U.S., watching from the sidelines is the EPA. Iran’s Food and Drug Administration has obliged food manufacturers and importers to label food products that contain ingredients, which are derived from GMOs. Rapid changes in farming have sounded the death knell for many of our 21 species of bumblebees and 75 species of ‘solitary’ bees. This study concludes that a third of all bee species in Ireland could be extinct by 2030. Also in the news, women who have high levels of a marker for a long-discontinued pesticide in their blood seem to have an increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers from Columbia University Medical Center. A Boston hospital promotes patient health with its rooftop farm featuring two-dozen crops. The rooftop farm has produced roughly 5,000 pounds of produce in 2017.

The outrage of farmers, gardeners and rural residents is rising, as they watch this dicamba, an unnecessary chemical debacle unfold, once again. Watching unperturbed from the sidelines: Monsanto (recently acquired by Bayer) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Two North Bay cities are no longer using Roundup weed killer following a ruling against the manufacturer Monsanto. Earlier this month a jury awarded a former Benicia School District groundskeeper with terminal cancer $289.2 million.

Women who have high levels of a marker for a long-discontinued pesticide in their blood seem to have an increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers from Columbia University Medical Center.